August 21, 1970 Chief Chester Hewlett was midway through his term as Chief of Department when he resigned due to other obligations. First Assistant John…
The Suburban Fire Marshal
August 17, 1970 Article in the 8-27-1970 Smithtown News states that the authorities have a pretty good idea who the culprits are and further states…
August 15, 1970 A sudden and intense thunderstorm swept across the north shore on this date, leaving in its wake a critically injured 9 year…
July 17, 1970. After much turmoil and community rejection, the St. James Fire Department breaks ground on the substation at the corner of Woodlawn Avenue…
June 23, 1970 Fire reported at approximately 1400 hours. Fire was reported to have started in a lighter fluid canning area of the building as…
June 17, 1970, 0300 hours. Fire was reported at approximately 0300 hours. There were no injuries. Photos appear in the 6-18-1970 edition of the Smithtown…
May 3, 1970 200 firefighters and 25 piecese of apparatus on hand from Smithtown, Commack, Nesconset, Kings Park and Hauppauge. Firefighters posed as patients in…
Photo taken in what appears to have been the spring of 1970 and shows the charter members of the newly organized Truck Company 1.
April 30, 1970 Photos in 5-7-1970 Smithtown NewsHave yet to find a news story on it though.
April 14, 1970 Member districts are Hauppauge, Nesconset, Commack, Kings Park, St. James and Smithtown. There is mention in the article that the Ronkonkoma FD…
February 12, 1970. Fire was somewhere on Main Street. I have not been able to locate exactly where yet. Story and photos in 2-12-1970 and…
February 1, 1970 Four cold and frightened youths were rescued from an icy marsh in St. James Harbor. Suffolk police, the Nissequogue Police and the…
January 19, 1970 Firefighters worked for 5 hours in 5 degree temperatures to extinguish a large rubbish and christmas tree fire at the dump located…
January 13, 1970 Fire engulfs two stores in the area of 47 East Main Street. Fire reported just after 1400 hours at a glass and…
January 9, 1970. 23 Oak Street. 15 month old Stacey Lynn Peters is found dead in her crib by her mother. This after other children…
November 17, 1969. Central Islip Fire Department responds to a fire at Brauser Rambler Inc on West Suffolk Avenue. Photo on page 118 of the…
October 5, 1969, 2317 hours. Victor Frasca, 15, of 11 Jonquill Lane, Kings Park and Raymond Burke, 16, of 23 Links Lane, Setauket were killed…
September 14, 1969. Fire in house owned by Tom Shaw. No injuries but extensive damage. 9-18-1969 Smithtown News.
August 1969 Carleton Park
August 25, 1969. Fire bombs caused $10,000 worth of damage today to an unoccupied model home and to a second house this evening. At 0335…